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#220440 03/05/11 05:24 PM
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Is the grade significant in the quality of Parker Damascus barrels, as it was in later fluid steel barreled guns? The barrel set in question is a G grade marked "twist steel".

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Is it a Grade 2 toplever hammergun or lifter?
This might help
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/17227428
https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfg2hmx7_268gzhjpd4d
https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfg2hmx7_22ddqshmdq

And yes, less expensive pattern welded barrels were matched with lower grade guns; which is not to say the barrels were intrinsically less reliable.

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It is a top lever action

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To be more specific, a top lever hammerless.

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Interesting R.C. What year production? May have been ordered with Twist rather than the usual Dam3?
You might ask the experts here to look up the original specs by posting the serial number
http://parkerguns.org/forums/index.php

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The gun is advertised, and I neglected to get the serial, pre '98 for certain.

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A #2 or G grade Parker with Twist Steel barrels, original from the factory, would be a rare gun of interest to collectors. Did we miss some details or a link to the ad for the gun in question?

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Simple answer: if Parker put them on their guns they are of good quality. About the only difference is as the grade went up the barrels generally were made of smaller rods, therfore they had more figure. At the time many people mistakenly thought the tighter the figure the stronger the barrels. Actually, fancier barrels were often weaker.


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"fancier barrels were often weaker"

Could you please provide documentation to support that statement (other than Greener's opinion than anything beyond 3 rod was "over twisted")
The 1891 Birmingham Proof House Trial tested only 2, 3, and 4 rod; neither 6 rod crolle nor high grade/expensive (3 rod) Bernard were included.
https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfg2hmx7_242cxhh9hfq

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I will be pleased to supply the link Monday when I can get the serial # and so forth.

It appears from the pics to be a replacement buttstock though nicely done, for whatever that means to its collector value.

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